Crab island pontoon boat rental

Free things to do on Crab Island
-Chill on your boat with friends and listen to music
-Volleyball
-Throw a football or frisbee with friends.
-Sunbathe
-Relax and read a book while enjoying the view
-Look for marine life such as crabs, hermit crabs, dolphins, fish, sea turtles (but don’t touch the turtles, they’re protected)
-Shell hunting
-Catch and release fish with a net
-Swim/walk in the shallow waters of the sand bar
-Fish near the edges where the water is deeper (and away from people so no one gets caught on your hook or line)

• Premium Activities
• Visit the Treasure Chest Water Park Inflatables at Crab Island – this is super fun for the kids. You can purchase 1 hr, 2 hrs, or all day passes to the inflatable water park.
• Kayak or Paddle Board – you can rent before getting to Crab Island, or rent from on the water vendors, such as the Treasure Chest.
• Jet Ski
• Visit the many floating food vendors
• Dance on the floating dance platforms or ride the mechanical shark at Reef Burger Destin
• Drink a fresh pineapple or coconut from Wild Destin

The water at Crab Island is usually anywhere from 1 – 4 feet deep, depending on the tide and where on Crab Island you are located. Outskirts of the emerald waters are deeper as you get closer to the open water, but many areas are shallow enough that you can easily walk through the clear waters.

The best time to visit Crab Island is during high tide. The water can be turquoise at times. To find out when high tide is, we recommend checking out NOAA’s Tide Chart. You will experience the clear water about an hour before high tide and about 2 hours after high tide. The reason why it’s so pretty is it’s bringing clear water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Choctawhatchee Bay (which is where Crab Island is located). The months with the best times for high tide are May and June. As summer approaches the fall, the number of days/month in which the high tide occurs at a good time lessens. From about October to mid-March, all high tides occur at night.

Towards the end of July, jellyfish tend to arrive. They tend to come to Crab Island during high tide, if they are around.

On the water remedies are:

• Pour vinegar directly onto the sting to avoid rubbing it. Sea water & lemon juice can work, if you don’t have vinegar. By using sea water, & meat tenderizer (or worst case sea water & sand), you can make a ‘paste’ that you can apply.
• Once you get home, you can try applying hydrocortisone cream or over the counter oral antihistamine (such as Benadryl) to help with the swelling and itching.
• If you have a serious reaction to the jellyfish sting, such as severe pain and swelling, difficulty swallowing, or difficulty breathing, please contact EMS immediately.
• If they’re the small (about a ping-pong ball size), near clear jellyfish, they don’t have much of a “sting” at all.